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The Tunisian labour market after the Arab Spring: trends, prospects and new policies

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  • Abdessalem Gouider

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Prior to the revolution of December 2010, which started the 'Arab Spring', Tunisia was pictured by international institutions as a successful North African economy. However this assessment masked major problems. In the labour market there was widespread youth unemployment at the same time as educational levels were rising. The social dislocation this produced contributed to the revolt. This paper reviews the nature of the labour market in Tunisia and the role of unemployment and especially youth unemployment. It then considers the challenges to the new Tunisia and policy needs to improve the employment situation. In particular this involves encouraging a shift to more formal forms of employment and taking advantage of the knowledge basis created by an educated labour force.

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  • Abdessalem Gouider, 2013. "The Tunisian labour market after the Arab Spring: trends, prospects and new policies," International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(1), pages 31-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmcph:v:7:y:2013:i:1:p:31-46
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    1. Sami Saafi & Meriem Haj mohamed & Abdeljelil Farhat, 2015. "Is there a causal relationship between unemployment and informal economy in Tunisia: evidence from linear and non-linear Granger causality," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 35(2), pages 1191-1204.

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